Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor told billionaire Ray Dalio to own bitcoin after the billionaire warned the post-World War II global order is breaking down, positioning the cryptocurrency as a shield against mounting geopolitical and financial instability.
The U.S. dollar is heading for a weekly loss as bearish positioning hits record lows, but bitcoin’s shifting correlation with the dollar index is complicating the usual bullish narrative for crypto. Bitcoin’s Lack of Reaction to Weak Dollar Tests Historic Inverse Link The U.S.
February 17, 2026, 11:30 pmEric Trump announced today that American Bitcoin Corp, the Trump family-backed mining and treasury firm, now formally holds 6,000 Bitcoin in its reserves, becoming one of the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin holders in less than 6 months of public trading.
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Nakamoto Inc. says it will acquire BTC Inc. and UTXO Management in a $107.3 million all-stock transaction aimed at building an integrated Bitcoin-focused operating company. Bitcoin Treasury Firm Nakamoto Strikes $107M Deal Nakamoto Inc. (Nasdaq: NAKA) announced Feb.
Both Mubadala Investment Company and Al Warda Investments lifted investments in BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) in the fourth quarter.
Corporate treasuries keep buying Bitcoin as price weakens sharply.
Abu Dhabi funds added to their Bitcoin exposure in Q4, jumping to more than $1 billion worth of IBIT at the conclusion of the year.
Rising Binance inflows hint at pressure building beneath Bitcoin’s latest recovery attempt.
Bitcoin miner Bitdeer has overtaken MARA in terms of self-mining hash rate among publicly traded companies, according to JPMorgan analysts.
The gap between new and old Bitcoin whales continues to widen as BTC trades below $68,000.
Bitcoin navigated an uneasy range between $67,000 and $69,000 as extreme market fear weighed on sentiment. Despite briefly reclaiming the $69,000 level, the price retreated to a session low of $66,557. Even Strategy’s $168 million acquisition of 2,486 bitcoins, which grew its total holdings to 717,131 coins, failed to ignite any meaningful bullish momentum.
Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has become the public market’s most widely traded Bitcoin proxy, using equity, convertible notes, and preferred stock to build a balance sheet dominated by the top crypto.
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